Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave Reviews Praise Tactical Combat, Warn Of Exhaustingly Long Runtime And Pacing Issues
The latest entry in Nintendo’s fantasy tactical RPG has a lot of everything for everyone
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Sinners, Hellraiser, and Ozzy Osbourne: Ranking All 10 Haunted Houses at Universal’s Halloween Horror Nights 2026
Universal Studios Florida's annual Halloween event celebrates its 35th installment with some big names
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HBO's Harry Potter Officially Casts Key 'Chamber of Secrets' Role for Season 2
While HBO's new Harry Potter TV series has yet to premiere, filming for its second season has already started. As such, more and more roles are being cast for season 2, which will introduce new characters from the second book, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. Recently,…
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Xbox Game Pass Gets One More Stacked Lineup Before Major Downgrade
Xbox Game Pass is getting a surprisingly stacked second wave of games in September, with Ninja Gaiden 4, Dune: Awakening, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, Minecraft Dungeons 2, and Gears of War: E-Day all headed to the subscription service.
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John Lithgow's High Fantasy Masterpiece Is Officially a Global Streaming Sensation
John Lithgow is a versatile actor and has accepted roles in all sorts of movie genres, including animated films. He also stars in Shrek as the voice of Lord Farquaad. The movie's great, handpicked cast is one of the reasons why Shrek was such a hit and why fans keep returning to…
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10 BG3 Characters Fans Still Want as Companions
Baldur’s Gate 3is full of moments like this: A great character, an intriguing story, and then no reliable way to learn what happens next. For Mizora — Wyll's patron devil, the one who granted him his warlock powers — a new mod has delivered a way around that issue. While Mizora…
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Trails In The Sky 2nd Chapter: The Kotaku Review
The latest remake doesn't replace the original but it does flex some key improvements
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5 Best LitRPG Books to Read After 'Dungeon Crawler Carl'
LitRPG, which stands for literary role-playing game, is one of the newest genres in literature. (The term only emerged in 2013, when it was coined by a publishing house in Russia that was releasing a series inspired by MMORPGs.) The first stories about people trying to advance…
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10 Darkest 'Calvin and Hobbes' Snowman Jokes That Reveal Bill Watterson's Twisted Genius
Generally, when people think of Bill Watterson’s comic stripCalvin and Hobbes, they think of fun, innocent adventures with a little boy and his plush tiger, oftentimes exploring the woods or riding on a sled in the snow. They may also recall the thoughtful comic strips where…
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The 25 Best Nintendo Switch 2 Games in 2026
That's in addition to stellar third-party support, with almost unanimous buy-in from indies and several big publishers going all-in on porting their biggest titles to Switch 2 — notably Square Enix, with the Final Fantasy 7 series, and Capcom, with Resident Evil, Onimusha,…
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Diablo 5 Devs Address The Release Date Skepticism: ‘The Team All Agreed That It Was A Great Time To Tell The World’
'It's important that we are building the game that the community wants'
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Diablo 4 Season 15 release time in your time zone
Update (Sept. 15): Blizzard has announced that Season 15 has been delayed due to an issue that is affecting players who have used the Rebirth feature, making their characters carry gold, skills, and points from the Eternal Realm to the Seasonal Realm. Blizzard has not given an…
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Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave Almost Had Eight Protagonists
An interview with the game's developers also revealed there's a distinct reason Nun with a Gun exists
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Xbox Responds To Rumors That Game Pass Is Losing New Day-One Games in 2027
Xbox didn't confirm the rumors, but provided a noncommittal answer that could leave room open for big changes next year
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Blizzard Delays Diablo 4′s Big 30th Anniversary Season 15 Kick-Off After A Flood Of Error Codes
Season of Hell's Legacy has a hell of a rough launch
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Space Marine And Plague Tale Publisher Says it Has Filed ‘Legal Complaints’ After Influx Of Threats Against Its Employees
Focus Entertainment says it will take all 'necessary legal action' to protect its staff
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God of War Laufey Now Has a Lot To Prove After Wolverine’s Messy Launch
A full five years after its announcement, Marvel’s Wolverine is finally out on PlayStation 5. What should be a triumphant moment for Sony, though, has turned out to be an unexpected headache. Uneven reviews, a particularly loud peanut gallery, and close proximity to multiple…
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Wardogs Boss Says Studio Checks Social Accounts For Anti-Crunch Posts: ‘You’re Not Going To Be Happy Here, So We’re Not Going To Go With You’
The studio behind Steam super-hit Wardogs won't hire people who publicly criticize crunching
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