FromSoft has finally plundered its work from 2012 to put the best Dark Souls boss in Elden Ring Nightreign

We’ve been patiently waiting for FromSoftware to say a single word about its plans for Elden Ring Nightreign’s DLC, which was meant to include new bosses as well as playable characters. Now we’ve seen it: in a surprise trailer during Sony’s Japan-focused State of Play livestream on Tuesday, the studio debuted The Forsaken Hollows, its…

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For the first time since 2012, we’re getting a new Silent Hill, Fatal Frame and Resident Evil within the same six months

We’re reliving the Japanese horror renaissance from the early ’00s, minus all those years of console exclusivity. During today’s Japan-focused State of Play, Koei Tecmo announced that Fatal Frame 2: Crimson Butterfly Remake will launch on March 12, 2026. That’s excellent news for the folks who spent 1999 through 2005 jumping between numbered Silent Hill,…

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Epic Games boss Tim Sweeney wades into the Arc Raiders AI voice debate with an imaginary scenario predicting ‘infinite, context-sensitive, personality-reflecting dialog based on and tuned by human voice actors’

Epic Games boss Tim Sweeney has waded into the furor over the use of generative AI for videogame voices, saying the technology presents an “opportunity for in-game voice and voice actors,” with games that could potentially have “infinite, context-sensitive, personality-reflecting dialog based on and tuned by human voice actors.” The exchange began with a comment…

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‘I think we’re in the fight of our lives’: Fired Rockstar employees and IWGB are confident the GTA 6 developer will be held accountable for its alleged union busting

The fallout from Rockstar’s firing of over 30 employees last week continues as workers gather outside the offices in protest of what the Independent Workers’ of Great Britain (IWGB) union alleges was a “brazen” act of union busting. YouTube channel People Make Games spoke with some of the developers and IWGB organizers about how they’re…

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Marvel Rivals is adding a ‘non-combat map’ where players can ‘hang out, dance, watch videos, read books, and let your imagination run wild’

Marvel Rivals season 5 is set to go live on November 14, and yes, Gambit and Rogue—Mr. and Mrs. X, as Guangguang, aka creative director Guangyun Chen, describes them—are finally set to take their place in the lineup. But more interesting to me is the addition of a new map based on New York’s Times…

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