Netflix Reveals 'Devil May Cry' Opening Credits Ahead Of April Launch

‘We would like audiences to wonder what the f**k they did with Pac-Man’: The creators of Secret Level say Bandai Namco encouraged them to do ‘whatever we want’ with the iconic dot-gobbler

Animated anthology series Secret Level arrives on Prime TV next week on December 10, featuring 15 episodes, each based on a different videogame. From the creator of Love, Death, and Robots, the new series will reveal two episodes a week, based on classics like Mega Man, Dungeons & Dragons, and Armored Core, as well as…

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Palworld struggled to find a dev with shooter experience in Japan before stumbling on a self-taught hobbyist who worked at a convenience store

Only five days post-launch, Palworld has sold over seven million copies and become the second game ever to log over two million concurrent players on Steam. Its unexpectedly absurd level of success has led to much speculation over the source of its appeal—as well as some condemnation—but the simple notion that it’s “Pokémon with guns”…

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10 years ago, Obsidian made the only D&D-style Monk I’ve ever really loved⁠—all it took was a grounding him in harsh asceticism, mortification of the flesh, Aztec history, and stoner comedies

I recently got in touch with former Obsidian writer Eric Fenstermaker to learn everything I could about one of my favorite bits of dialogue in RPG history from Pillars of Eternity’s first expansion, The White March Part 1. But this also entailed learning a lot more about Zahua, the character who delivered the line, and…

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If you’d like to see Meta’s AI gunk purged from WhatsApp, a new antitrust investigation in Italy might just do the trick

Italy’s antitrust authority, AKA the body the looks into monopoly abuses by companies, has reportedly launched an investigation into Meta. According to Reuters, the Italian authority is considering, “allegations the company abused its dominant position by installing its artificial intelligence tool on messaging service WhatsApp.” The key detail, it seems, is that Meta foisted its…

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“Sorry If Any Kids Were Left Scarred By That One” – Meet The Composer Behind PlayStation’s Iconic Demo Discs

“I still get people contacting me about them”. If you’re based in the UK and were alive when the original PlayStation launched, then you’ll almost certainly be aware of the various ‘Demo’ discs which were bundled with the system and given away with copies of the UK’s Official PlayStation Magazine. These discs were essential items…

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