On Thursday, Sony’s State of Play livestream teased out all the company’s gaming plans for the rest of 2024. It was mostly a letdown. Outside of a few updates on remakes like Silent Hill 2, remasters like Until Dawn, and a PC port of God of War: Ragnarök, there were …
Read More »New 'Call of Duty' Trailer Teases a Conspiracy Between Saddam Hussein and George H.W. Bush
Call of Duty is going full Gulf War. In a reveal trailer released Tuesday, Microsoft has officially confirmed that the latest iteration of its annual military shooter, Black Ops 6, will at least partially take place during the geopolitical conflict of the early Nineties, and feature political figures from the …
Read More »Who Is 'MultiVersus' For, Anyway?
Remember Space Jam: Legacy? You probably don’t. It was an ill-advised sequel to 1996’s commercial trash art classic, Space Jam. In the original film, global icon Michael Jordan is sucked into a cartoon world where he must assemble a team of Looney Tunes to play an intergalactic game of basketball …
Read More »How Valkyrae's Imaginary Relationship With a Killer Clown Became a Streaming Hit
You may know Valkyrae (real name Rachell Marie Hofstetter) from any number of places. She’s one of the most-watched female streamers on YouTube, where she airs variety and gaming content. She’s also co-owner of the lifestyle brand and gaming organization, 100 Thieves. She even recently broke into music, collaborating with …
Read More »'It Helped Me Embody Someone Else': How 'Cyberpunk 2077' Helped Gene Park Battle Cancer
In 2022, like many gamers, Gene Park booted up Cyberpunk 2077, the latest open-world RPG. The futuristic video game by the makers of The Witcher depicts a world full of neon lights and cybernetic enhancements, and it had recently received a big content update. Controller in hand, Park vividly recalls …
Read More »Welcome to Rolling Stone Gaming
Anyone who plays video games knows that gaming isn’t just informed by pop culture – it is pop culture. From console games to PC to mobile, billions of people play games daily, but its reach expands far beyond just the players. Video game adaptations have finally broken through to mainstream …
Read More »'Senua's Saga: Hellblade II' Is a Movie Masquerading as a Game. It Falls Short on Both
“All monsters were once men.” Repeated frequently throughout Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II, this phrase works not just as a useful thematic through-line, but as a question: Can you, the player, see the monster within yourself? Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II, the newest game from Xbox Games Studios and Ninja Theory, would …
Read More »Dice Rolls, Flow Charts, and an Undead Cowboy: Inside Off-Broadway's Fun New Take on 'D&D'
Before the backdrop of a magmatic cavern stand three adventurers: a warrior, a mage, and a trickster who, with a roll of the dice, are preparing to defeat a tentacled chthonic beast. Across the stage, the Dungeon Master smirks as he cues up the visuals that will soon appear on …
Read More »'Hades II' Is One of the Year's Best Games — and It's Not Even Finished
THIS POST CONTAINS spoilers for ‘Hades’ and ‘Hades II.’ Over the last few weeks, the gaming community has been in a frenzy about Hades II. As the game trends across social media, setting Tumblr and Reddit alight with fan art and endless theorization, the conversation has become, “Should you play …
Read More »'Stellar Blade' Is a Teenage Boy's Idea of the Perfect Video Game
There was a point in the not-too-recent past where gaming was considered a hobby mostly targeted at teenage boys. Back when Tomb Raider‘s Lara Croft became a major magazine centerfold and E3 gaming expos were more famous for their booth babes than actual games, it was the norm for the …
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