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Hollywood has been trafficking in remakes for well over a century, swapping out casts and repackaging stories for each generation. This year, there was James Gunn’s Superman, which went back to the Golden Age well to kickstart a new DCU vision. There was also The Fantastic Four: First Steps, an …

A woman stands in the doorway of a burning building, the large brim of a hat obscuring her face, her yellow hakamashita dappled red with blood. Fire dances off the hilt of the katana in her hand. Death lies in her wake. “Onryō!” the villagers hiss as she mounts a …

When it was released back in 2020, Ghost of Tsushima struck a chord with players with its razor-sharp samurai gameplay and heavenly aesthetics. The open-world experience wasn’t entirely original, but through the strength of the game’s visuals — which filled each frame with vibrancy and texture befitting a fully colored …

In the first battle of Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles, Ramza, the youngest son of the noble Beoulve family, helps put down a band of former soldiers turned thieves, driven to desperation as their families starve and jobs vanish. At the end of the battle, Ramza says, “Honest work …

Ever wonder if a video game just downright hates you? Maybe that’s silly; it’s an experience, not a sentient thing. But Hollow Knight: Silksong will make you ask. The long-awaited sequel to Team Cherry’s modern Metroidvania classic, Hollow Knight (2017), Silksong dominated the conversation for years well before it was …

It’s never easy to come second. For a long time post-1988, any action movie that took place in a single location was slapped with the descriptor of “Die Hard in a…” The same’s true for gaming. Every so often, a release comes along that’s so singular, it cements its own …

For as long as video games have had stories, there have been creators working to make their narratives more cinematic. Early on, in works like Hideo Kojima’s Metal Gear (1987) and Snatcher (1988), that meant making action- or text-based experiences that rudimentarily emulated the visuals or plot devices of movies. …

As if the next few months weren’t packed enough for gamers with new entries of Ninja Gaiden, Call of Duty, and Battlefield, Nintendo decided to stoke their own hype with a wave of big announcements this morning. During an hourlong Nintendo Direct livestream, the company dumped tons of details, including …

Although it’s never truly gone away, it’s been a minute since the Borderlands series really mattered to most gamers. Following a pair of excellent releases with the 2009 original and 2012’s Borderlands 2 the franchise shifted into prequels, spin-offs, and eventually a trilogy capper in 2019, but by then some …

Just a couple of short years into the modern fighting-game renaissance that was kickstarted by titles like Street Fighter 6, Tekken 8, and Mortal Kombat 1, the scene is booming. Following the return of those big three, more niche franchises like Street Fighter’s sister series Fatal Fury have made waves …