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Union Blasts Quantic Dream For Live-Service Flop And Layoffs

Quantic Dream announced on May 20 that its first new game in eight years would be abandoned just three months after launch. Spellcasters Chronicles, a free-to-play MOBA, has already been removed from Steam with servers set to go offline in June. But the project flopping so quickly will also lead to potential deep cuts within…

The 10 best swords in Dungeons & Dragons

Every Dungeons & Dragons campaign eventually becomes about a sword in some way, right? Maybe it’s a cursed blade nobody should have touched. Maybe it’s a holy relic capable of killing a god. Maybe it’s just a flaming longsword your Fighter refuses to part with 40 sessions later. D&D has always understood one fundamental truth…

Xbox Taps Your Favorite Gaming Chart Guy To Save Its Console

Can Matthew Ball reverse Microsoft’s stagnating console gaming business? That’s the job he’s been tasked with as Xbox’s new chief strategy officer. Asha Sharma announced that the venture capital analyst is joining her executive leadership team, with a focus on revitalizing Xbox’s hardware fortunes on the eve of Project Helix’s next-gen rollout. “Matthew has been…

A Forza Horizon 6 Sound Effect Might Just Trigger Some Awful Memories For You

Following a nearly five-year hiatus between titles, Forza Horizon 6 debuted this week. And while fans are diving into its open-world take on Japan, some have already discovered a sound effect in Forza Horizon 6 that may trigger anyone who has ever had to work in an office setting. As noted by a player on social media, one…

Genshin Impact May Finally Be Coming To Nintendo Switch

It’s been nearly six years since the release of Genshin Impact, a game that was originally intended for release on PlayStation 4, PC, Android, iOS, and Nintendo Switch. Its September 2020 launch saw it appear on the first four of those platforms, and it has since gotten a dedicated PS5 version and come to Xbox…

Pitt, Tarantino, and Fincher’s big movie hits IMAX before Netflix release

For a certain scholar of internet film hype, the words “David Fincher directs a Quentin Tarantino script” sound like the kind of fake rumor that used to melt Ain’t It Cool News talkbacks in the early 2000s. And yet, somehow, it’s real — and headed to IMAX. Netflix announced on Wednesday that The Adventures of…

Fans React To The Boys S5 Finale And That Homelander Scene

Oi! The Boys has wrapped its 40-episode run spanning seven years with a series finale that will be talked about for years, for better and for worse. Season 5 episode 8 was not everything I wanted it to be, but it was enough for where the show had gotten. Not everyone agrees. While some fans…

81-Year-Old Minecraft Streamer Raising Cancer Money Swatted

Sue Jacquot, better known by her Twitch handle GrammaCrackers, has been livestreaming her attempt to beat Minecraft for over fifteen straight days now, in a bid to raise money for her 17-year-old grandson’s cancer treatment. You’d have to be some kind of heartless monster not to feel immediately supportive of such a noble goal, which…

New Xbox Controller Is Missing One Key Feature, Suggesting A Permanent Change

Since the introduction of the Xbox One in 2013, Microsoft has made small, subtle changes to its established Xbox Controller design. But a tweak on its most recent iteration suggests one feature might be permanently removed. With the latest Forza Horizon 6 Xbox Controller, Microsoft’s proprietary expansion port has seemingly been removed. A Reddit user…

Brandon Sanderson’s Skyward is getting adapted into a TV series

Published May 20, 2026, 3:15 PM EDT Sanderson will write the pilot for a series based on Skyward Image: Penguin Random House More Brandon Sanderson stories are coming to a TV near you. Sanderson signed a deal with Apple TV in January to bring his Cosmere universe to the small screen, but he’s not stopping there….