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Xbox May Finally Get Its Own Version Of PlayStation Platinum Trophies
When players unlock all trophies on PlayStation, they receive a Platinum Trophy. On Xbox, players earn achievements instead, but there is currently no reward for getting all of a game's achievements. This might all be about to change, as an Xbox Insider reported that he recently…
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Lollipop Chainsaw Is Getting An Official Live-Action Movie Prequel
Following the announcement of a new Lollipop Chainsaw video game, Dragami Games has also confirmed that a live-action prequel movie is in the works. James Gunn, the filmmaker who worked on the original game, doesn't appear to be involved in the adaptation as he continues to work…
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Paramount's New High Fantasy Epic is Already the Streaming Sleeper Hit of 2026
Sega has been making video games since 1973 and owns the rights to everything from modern hit franchises like Yakuza and Persona to arcade mainstays like Crazy Taxi and Streets of Rage. The possibilities were endless. McMahan didn't hesitate. He chose Golden Axe.
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Marvel's Wolverine Update Tones Down Its Most Controversial Feature
Compared to the typical big-budget, PlayStation-exclusive video game, the reception to Marvel's Wolverine has been much more muted. One of the biggest complaints is how much Marvel's Wolverine hand-holds players when directing them where to go next. To address that, Insomniac…
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Forget Your 100-Hour RPGs, Action Games Are Having a Moment
Gaming is a trend-based medium. Often, when a hit game turns into a generational success story, you can see it shape the industry in real-time as studios try to copy its notes. In recent history, we’ve seen that with an influx of two types of games: open-world games and…
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Every Star Wars Zero Company Hero, Ranked From Worst to Best
Star Wars Zero Company, also known as ZCOM, understands one of its genre's commandments: a good tactics game isn't just about playing chess. It's about playing chess with characters you actually care about.
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The 5 Best Charlie Brown Football Comic Strips in 'Peanuts' History
It's one of the most famous running jokes in Peanuts' 50-year run: Lucy holds a football for Charlie Brown to run up and kick, only to pull it away at the last second. Despite years of attempts to move faster than Lucy could react, Charlie Brown always misses the kick and lands…
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The 9 Best Anime You Can Stream on HBO Max
The first thing you’ll notice is that HBO Max’s anime catalog leans heavily toward movies. The service carries nearly every Studio Ghibli film, including Kiki’s Delivery Service — which is getting the live-action treatment — and Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind. Several Makoto…
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Dwayne Johnson's Forgotten Box-office Juggernaut is Officially Conquering the Streaming World
Dwayne Johnson has come a long way from the days when his biggest selling point was simply being an absolutely enormous man who could beat the hell out of people. Early in his acting career, The Rock built his movie persona around hulking action roles in films like Walking Tall,…
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Bill Skarsgård Sounds Very Excited To Be Starring In Hideo Kojima’s Physint
The actor released a new video promoting the project
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39 Years Later, the Most Important Sci-Fi Series of the '80s Is Officially Free on Stream
Star Trek fans had plenty of reasons to be skeptical in 1987 as Star Trek: The Next Generation changed almost everything audiences knew about the franchise. Kirk, Spock and McCoy were gone. The show jumped nearly a century into the future, put a Klingon on the bridge and handed…
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Wolverine Hotfix Nerfs ‘Fart Gas’ As Insomniac Explores An Option To Toggle It Off Completely
Logan's ability to smell something sinister just became less obvious
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5 Near-Perfect Psychological Thriller Movies Streaming for Free
Most psychological thriller movies online are locked behind a paid subscription to Netflix, HBO Max, or Prime Video, but some choice titles are available to stream for free. With that in mind, we’ve compiled a list of five fantastic psychological thrillers that you can watch at…
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31 Years Later, the Final 'Calvin and Hobbes' Comic Strip is Still a Perfect Sendoff
On November 18, 1985, the very first comic strip of Calvin and Hobbes appeared in newspapers. “So long, pop! I’m off to check my tiger trap!” Calvin, wearing a safari helmet, said to his dad in the first panel. Calvin went on to explain that he rigged the trap with a tuna fish…
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3 Netflix Shows You Need to Binge This Weekend (Sept. 18-20)
It’s September, and depending on where you live, still hot. Summer is almost over, but a heat wave in New York has us cranking the AC and binging Netflix inside. Apple picking or whatver can wait until next week. Fall isn't going anywhere... yet.
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5 Near-Perfect Time Travel Movies Where the Science Actually Makes Sense
Most time travel movies don’t sweat the math — or, more accurately, the quantum physics of how time travel might actually work. The writers and directors include the time-travel concepts that will help their story and ignore the ones that won’t. For example, when Doc Brown takes…
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Insomniac Confirms Wolverine Doesn’t Contain AI-Generated Assets After A Weird-Looking Sign Goes Viral
A funky-looking bathroom sign is the result of an in-game glitch and is not AI slop
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