Today, Gears of War: E-Day Early Access begins for Premium Edition players and Game Pass subscribers with the Premium Upgrade. To mark the occasion, we’re releasing the Launch Gameplay Trailer, featuring Metallica’s “For Whom the Bell Tolls.” Today is a moment we’ve been looking forward to for a long time. On behalf of everyone at…
Motion blur, chromatic aberration, bloom… we’ve discussed many times whether these effects deserve a spot in a game’s settings menu or are the hellspawn of satan’s computer graphics division. Now it’s time for you to chime in. One final reckoning; until I have the same idea again in five years’ time. I am nothing if…
The console that keeps on giving. One of the more welcome surprises of 2024 was the revelation that GTA 3 would be unofficially ported to the Sega Dreamcast. Developed by a team led by SKMP and built using KallistiOS software, the port was an incredible example of what Sega’s 128-bit console is capable of in…
After BioWare bid farewell to the Forgotten Realms following the modders’ playground that was Neverwinter Nights, I—a fantasy-obsessed 19-year-old—was beyond excited to hear that it was building its own fantasy realm. The first screenshots of Dragon Age—which bore no resemblance to the game we eventually got—instantly became my desktop wallpaper. It took a long ass…
My rival disappears into the night with a burst of nitro, and I have no choice but to put my foot to the floor and weave through heavy traffic, holding my breath as I chase after them, squeezing between cars and scraping roadside barriers to keep up. After some shunting, shoving, and a bit of…
Warhammer is enjoying about as big a renaissance of popularity as it’s ever had, with a tabletop wargaming boom, popular videogames, and even a TV series or two on the way. But if you’re a newcomer to Games Workshop’s worlds, it’s still not the easiest thing to wrap your head around. With three different core…
Fresh off Summer Game Fest 2025, Capcom announced a slew of new information on a trio of distinct titles! From the long-awaited announcement of the next Resident Evil to the four characters joining Street Fighter 6 and finally, a deeper look at Onimusha: Way of the Sword, we’ve got the recap ready just for you….
Hideo Kojima has a new side-hustle: voice acting. Weary of finding new ways to put Norman Reedus in videogames, the Metal Gear and Death Stranding creator is trying life on the other side of the (sort of) camera. He will be a large mole, which is also a name that could be in Metal Gear….
Hello PlayStation nation! My name’s James Hunt and I’m the Game Director for Fast Travel Games’ new PS VR2 title, Mannequin, coming in 2024. You may know the Fast Travel team from our long history of single-player VR experiences like Cities: VR and the upcoming Vampire: The Masquerade – Justice, but Mannequin will be our…
Personally, I slightly lose interest above 240 Hz when it comes to monitor refresh rates. Of course, I hung up my competitive shooter aspirations a decade or more ago. But if you want to be really, truly competitive, you can’t have too many hertz. Which is why the new Samsung Odyssey OLED G6 is big…