Move over, Call of Duty. There’s a new jingoistic military simulator in town. This morning, Electronic Arts revealed the first official look at Battlefield 6, the latest entry in their long-running first-person shooter series. Published on the official Battlefield YouTube channel, the trailer gives players a taste of what to …
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Critters everywhere can once again enter the fantasy world of Exandria this fall with the arrival of The Mighty Nein. Announced today during their panel at San Diego Comic-Con, Critical Role’s second animated series will begin streaming Nov. 19 on Prime Video. Members of the cast and media company that …
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In July 2024, die-hard Dodgers fans and groups of teens and young adults wearing colorful shirts, emblazoned with names like Mori Calliope and Gawr Gura, poured into Dodger Stadium. While some had come to watch America’s favorite pastime, others waited with bated breath, eyes on the digital screens set up …
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After spending over a decade as a plus one to Mario’s many parties and sports outings, Donkey Kong is back to leading star status with the upcoming Switch 2 title, Donkey Kong Bananza (out July 17). It’s a big deal for a few reasons: not only is it the first …
Read More »The 2025 Rolling Stone Gaming Awards
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Read More »'Donkey Kong Bananza' Makes Nintendo's Great Ape Into a King Again
When you think about it, it must kind of suck to be Donkey Kong. Despite introducing the modern world to Nintendo games with 1981’s arcade classic, the great ape was quickly sidelined in favor of making Mario a star. While the mustachioed plumber and his brother became the face of …
Read More »'Shadow Labyrinth' Turns Pac-Man Into an Eldritch Horror Action Game
It takes a specific kind of marketing mind to imagine that a dark and gritty reboot of a beloved children’s character can amount to anything good. While the Golden Age of Comic Books ultimately gave way to edgier storytelling in the Seventies and Eighties, and everything from Steamboat Willie to …
Read More »'Death Stranding 2' Is An Erratic, Messy, And Emotionally Brutal Masterpiece
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach is like a symphony — a gorgeous classical concerto where an electric guitar occasionally cuts in to shred an off-putting, yet surprisingly sick riff. As a whole, it’s weird and uneven, but there’s something undeniably compelling about how those disparate parts fit together. If …
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Amid an aggressive escalation of immigration enforcement and country-wide raids that have resulted in mass protests, police brutality, and arrests, young players of one of the most popular video games in the world have taken to the virtual streets to protest Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). What first began as …
Read More »'FBC: Firebreak' Is a Supernatural Co-Op Shooter That Leans Into the Jokes
When it comes to any government clean up job, there’s going to be some dirty work. The work just happens to be dirtier when extra-dimensional ghouls are involved. That’s the premise of Remedy Entertainment’s new cooperative shooter, FBC: Firebreak (out now), and it’s one that the developers have leaned into …
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