Bungie’s Julia Nardin says a leak claiming Destiny and Marathon will merge is fake, calling the franchises independent despite shared DNA. The final Destiny 2 expansion recently rolled out. Before its release, Bungie announced it would be the final content update for the game, marking the end of an…
OpenAI’s newest model, GPT-6 Astra, got so depressed after a creeper upended its progress in Minecraft that it listlessly farmed potatoes for hours and grew paranoid of anything green. Vals, a self-described independent evaluator of artificial intelligence, put Astra to the test to see how the…
Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 on PS5 appears to be more popular than Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 and Call of Duty: Warzone in the United States. Today, PlayStation dropped a new update that lets players easily see the most popular games in their country. In the United States, the list is largely what you…
Zach Cregger’s Resident Evil has reached a 96% Rotten Tomatoes score, making it the highest-rated video game movie after more than 80 reviews. Video game movies are all the rage right now. Minecraft, Super Mario Bros., and Sonic the Hedgehog have all had pretty successful outings in theaters. Even…
LAIKAI’m looking at a box of faces. That sounds a little creepy, but it is a little creepy looking at the box of carefully arranged miniature resin masks that LAIKA visual effects artist Brian McLean is showing me and a handful of other journalists touring LAIKA’s labyrinthine studio in Portland,…
Courtesy of House House One of the biggest genres of games right now is co-op multiplayer titles, which emphasize collaborative gameplay over competitive or solo experiences. 2026 has seen a variety of great titles designed for you and your friends to play together, including a few that have a vast…
Kane Parsons is fueling rumors of a potential Portal movie after he posted photos from his visit to Valve’s offices on his personal Instagram profile. At just 20 years old, Kane Parsons is one of the most successful young filmmakers in history. His debut movie, Backrooms, grossed roughly $393…
(Image credit: Remedy) Back in May, myself and some of the fantastic PC Gaming Show team went to Finland to interview the brilliant creative minds at Remedy. We learned a lot about Control Resonant, the upcoming ARPG sequel to 2019's Control. We showed you a snippet of those interviews in our June…
Spotify appears to be the next big streaming giant to partner with Rockstar Games for GTA 6's marketing. The music streaming service has begun putting up billboards in Los Angeles and New York featuring the GTA 6 artwork that was released by various artists yesterday. Travis Scott, Future, Morgan…
Editors note: This article is brought to you by Champs Sports The NFL season is finally here, and if you’re like me, this is the time when you really start to pour hours into the latest Madden release. NFL football is only airing three days a week, and sometimes that’s just not enough! In many…
The voice actor behind GTA 5’s Franklin went viral after revealing his personal disagreement with famous Twitch steamer Kai Cenat, but the two stars are on good terms again. Shawn ‘Solo’ Fonteno is the voice behind one of Grand Theft Auto’s most iconic characters, Franklin Clinton. He made an…
Xbox Game Pass is getting one of its wildest games yet as a day-one title next year, and after going hands-on with it at Gamescom, I’m oddly enamoured if not equally horrified. Join Us is a tricky game to explain. The best way I can put it is if Cult of the Lamb formed a demonic partnership with…
Diablo 5 will tell stories of the past, present, and future, the latter of which Blizzard calls "terror forming" Players can visit biomes that are taken over by Diablo's Dread Commanders Narrative director Jennifer Hepler says these biomes can change depending on who's in charge, and "it's a whole…
When it comes to Star Wars, most players expect to embody the Force through the Jedi ways. Star Wars games typically offer players the chance to wield a lightsaber, pilot iconic ships, and explore a galaxy far beyond the films. Throughout the series history, these games have varied in scope and…
Heart Machine laid off nearly everyone after a publisher ended an unannounced project, leaving the Hyper Light Drifter studio’s future unclear. The studio’s founder, Alx Preston, announced the layoffs on LinkedIn. In his heartfelt post, he said the publisher pulled funding, a key source of income…
Netmarble's Raven2 is a blockbuster dark fantasy MMORPG with a player base that covers the globe. Fans from 155 countries can't get enough of creating their own custom avatar down to the last detail before guiding them through a strife-filled world where you're often forced to fight for your very…
Have you heard the rumor that Bungie is looking to somehow merge Destiny and Marathon into a single series? I'll admit that I hadn't, until Marathon creative director Julia Nardin took to Xto say flat-out that it's not true. "As someone who's worked on both Destiny and Marathon, I can confirm that…
Walt Disney PicturesWhile Netflix has truly embraced the “flix” part of its name, it still doesn’t have its own blockbuster franchise to stand toe-to-toe with the Marvel Cinematic Universe or Star Wars. There have been some attempts, from the much-maligned Rebel Moon to the surprise success of…
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 is adding a big new jet to its fleet, but it comes at a big new price. The "superjumbo" Airbus A380 is now available for the hyper-realistic multiplatform sim on PC, Xbox Series X|S, and PS5 for $74.49 as part of the Flight Simulator Marketplace-exclusive "Exclusive…
Heart Machine, the development studio behind titles like Hyper Light Drifter and Possessors, is in dire straits after a publisher withdrew their funding for an unannounced project. The news was shared to LinkedIn by Heart Machine’s founder, Alx Preston, on September 16, 2026. Preston explained that…
Heart Machine, the indie studio that is likely best known for 2016’s Hyper Light Drifter, has announced that it may have to close its doors following new layoffs at the company. After bursting on the scene with Hyper Light Drifter, which went on to become a critical success, Heart Machine followed…
NetflixOf all the films I caught in 2025, Sacrifice ranked among the best — unfortunately, not everyone agreed. Not everyone got to see it, either: the latest from director Romain Gavras premiered exclusively at last year’s Toronto International Film Festival, but it took months for the film to…
Despite having a multitude of iconic IPs like Looney Tunes and DC, Warner Bros. hasn’t had much success in building it out into gaming. Outside of the once-successful MultiVersus, which shut down last year, there haven’t been too many stand-outs for the media giant, particularly in the live-service…
Despite previously being best known as a member of a cult comedy troupe, Zach Cregger has quickly cemented his place in the history of horror after delivering the amazing one-two punch of Barbarian and Weapons. Following the sleeper hit he released in 2022, his last movie went on to secure an…