ICYMI: Here’s A Look At The Rayman Legends Retold Launch Edition

Image: Ubisoft Rayman is back this December in Rayman Legends Retold, and in case you missed it, the launch edition includes some extra goodies. For $39.99, or your regional equivalent, you’ll get a printed “Glade of Dreams” map, three lithographs and an exclusive slip case… and, if you missed it, Rayman Origins: Enhanced Edition and…

HBO Just Officially Changed a Fundamental Rule of Green Lantern Canon

Bernadette was right: John Stewart has always been special. Earlier this season on Lanterns, John (Aaron Pierre) unconsciously manifested a living bird with a Green Lantern ring, then maintained that construct after giving the ring back to Hal Jordan (Kyle Chandler). At the time, Hal was impressed, even if he tried to hide it. The…

Steam Week in Review: Great, haystack slop is a thing now

Clones have been a fixture in the games industry forever. For every Mario Bros there’s a Giana Sisters, for every Stardew Valley there’s a Fields of Mistria, and for every Needle In A Haystack Simulator there’s a A Needle In a Haystack, or Needle in a Haystack, or Needle In A Haystack, or Needle In…

Footage Shows Acrobatics Behind Resident Evil’s Wildest Monster

A week out from the film’s record breaking weekend, crew who worked on Zach Cregger’s big screen adaptation of Resident Evil have begun sharing behind the scenes footage of their contribution. Turning the most heads, necks, arms, legs and torsos is one clip from choreographer Jakub Hudlický, who shows the acrobatics that became the movie’s…

Nikita Buyanov’s next game, Fragmentary Order, is “ten Tarkovs.” EFT was “just a test.”

Nikita Buynanov is a man who seems unstoppable. He’s the COO of Battlestate Games, which just announced its new publishing arm. He’s the Game Director on Escape from Tarkov, and the Head of Studio at new venture, RANT Studio. “My life right now is just work, and work, and work, and work, and work,” he…

Review: Voidjoy GA-10 Elite Extender For Switch Pro Controller – The Pros Don’t Outweigh The (Mod) Cons

Image: Nintendo Life With the price of consoles, controllers, games, groceries — everything — shooting up over the last few years, you’re likely keen to save pennies where you can. It’s one thing to push the boat out for a new Switch 2, but add-ons and accessories can stretch budgets to breaking point. Is a…

Fans React To Minecraft’s Upcoming New Dimension ‘The Sift’

Far fuzzier and friendlier than its predecessors, Minecraft players are hoping to extrapolate what kind of biomes and features the future dimension will offer, beyond sickening cuteness Yesterday, Mojang held Minecraft Live, a stream serving up news about the seminal and unshakeable world building simulator. Featured was a closer look at the soon-releasing action RPG…

Overwatch wants players to “relearn the game” when new heroes drop

Back in the old days, competitive balance wasn’t much of a consideration. Classic Doom deathmatch maps weren’t symmetrical, and GoldenEye 007 was all about rushing to where the best weapons were found and preventing other players from obtaining them. In today’s era of online multiplayer, that doesn’t really fly anymore – for better or for…

PS5 Version of Hugely Popular Sandbox Game Gets Release Date

The PS5 version of a hugely popular “hyper-realistic” sandbox game finally has a release date, and it’s coming surprisingly soon. Racing game BeamNG.drive first launched on PC in 2015. The game will now launch in early access on the PS5. ‘Hyper-realistic’ sandbox racing game BeamNG.drive coming to PS5 in October 2026 BeamNG will be available…

After 12 years, Dark Souls 2 is finally playable in co-op without interruptions

I’ve always been content to admire the Dark Souls games from afar, rather than get particularly into them myself, and part of that is probably a crumb of leftover resentment from trying to wrangle the multiplayer features in those early games. Love it or hate it, it’s esoteric at the best of times and not…