September State Of Play PlayStation Showcase Has Been Revealed With Fans Hoping Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet Makes An Appearence
Back-to-back broadcasts will kick off September
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Halloween: The Game Gets Denied a Rating in Yet Another Country
It's not only fans in Australia who will have to sit on the sidelines and watch others play Halloween: The Game when it launches on Sept. 9. In Japan, Halloween: The Game won't be available on PlayStation, as it has been denied a rating from the Computer Entertainment Rating…
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New Pokémon Movie Announced After 7 years, and It Will Be the First of Its Kind
Pokémon is getting ready to answer the question of whether its massively successful trading card game would still exist in a world where Pokémon are real, and it will do so with the franchise's first theatrical movie in seven years. Pokémon: Wild Card is a new animated feature…
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Everything Pokémon Announced At The World Championships’ Closing Ceremony
The biggest Pokémon event of the year came to a close
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The Expanse: Osiris Reborn Looks Like the Best Video Game Adaptation Ever
You can’t jump in The Expanse: Osiris Reborn, the upcoming third-person shooter set in James S.A. Corey’s expansive universe of interplanetary politics.
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Square Enix’s SaGa Franchise Is The Latest Set Of Games Being Used By Japan For Tourism
It's part of the changing face of Japanese tourism
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HBO Officially Retcons One DC Superhero’s Backstory for the Better
Episode 2 of HBO’s Lanternsended with a cliffhanger: the traitorous former Green Lantern Sinestro (Ulrich Thomsen) warns his former protégé Hal Jordan (Kyle Chandler) that the greatest threat he’s facing is his new trainee John Stewart (Aaron Pierre). That’s a dramatic…
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HBO Just Officially Introduced a Notorious Batman Villain to the DC Universe
John Stewart (Aaron Pierre) has already spent two months training to become a Green Lantern when HBO’s Lanterns begins, but episode 3 flashes back to the strange interview that led to him landing the job. Inside an abandoned shopping mall, a Guardian of the Universe played by…
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Yellowstone and Lioness Games Could Be in Paramount Games' Future
Paramount, the multimedia giant behind huge IP like Avatar: The Last Airbender, SpongeBob SquarePants, and Star Trek, has felt the wind shift. The company announced during Summer Game Fest that it would be venturing headfirst into the vast world of video games with its new games…
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The 90-Minute Action Thriller Quentin Tarantino Called "My Favorite" Is Officially Free on Streaming
There’s always been a deep irony that follows holiday horror films. Typically, we associate holidays like Christmas and Valentine’s Day with whimsical joy, togetherness, and romance. Slapping the horror genre on saccharine happiness feels like kicking someone while their back is…
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A Incredible Looking and Unofficial 'Zelda Maker 64' Is Coming to Steam
After Super Mario Maker, you'd think Nintendo would give its other retro franchises a similar DIY treatment. Since the Japanese company hasn't, other game developers are filling the void instead. So far, that's mostly meant 2D creation suites that allow players to craft The…
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The Definitive ’90s Sci-Fi Action Blockbuster Is Officially Streaming for Free on YouTube
There’s something so refreshing about the simplicity of a great '90s adventure movie. Some of my personal favorites are the ones that don’t take themselves too seriously. They're the films that don't have to build an interconnected universe, explain every piece of mythology, or…
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HoYoverse's 'Elden Ring Meets Monster Hunter' Actually Plays More Like Final Fantasy 16
Zenless Zone Zero. Honkai: Star Rail. Genshin Impact. You probably know HoYoverse for its signature anime-inspired aesthetic and mobile-friendly games. But the international gacha powerhouse is expanding its purview in the coming year with a slew of games that don’t neatly fit…
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‘LARPtubers’ Recreating Bygone YouTubers Dredge Up Conflicting Memories For Original Creators
A new deep dive from Steven Asarch explores the world of nostalgic content creators impersonating decade old videos, humiliating and hurting in the process
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Pokémon Worlds Pin Rally Reportedly Shut Down By Fire Marshal Over Immense Overcrowding And The eBay Scalper Listings Are Already Flooding In
While attendees initially assumed the official Pokémon event ran out of enamel pins, the truth had to do with the flip side of high turnout
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Fans Are Marvelling At How Much Better GTA 6 Looks Compared To GTA 5
Is Rockstar Games' much-anticipated GTA 6 the best thing since sliced bread, or just GTA 5 with a new coat of paint?
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The 10 Nastiest Video Game Foods That'll Ruin Your Appetite
Game designers put an enormous amount of thought into making virtual food look edible. After all, we know that appetizing visuals affect how satisfying a meal feels, in real life, and (apparently) in code. Which makes it all the more fascinating when that same level of care and…
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'Coyote Vs. ACME' Beat 'The Odyssey' And Ridley Scott At The Box Office This Weekend
While Coyote vs. ACME didn't top the box office charts on its opening weekend, it beat out the likes of The Odyssey and a new movie from Ridley Scott. Considering the movie had to be promoted and released independently by Ketchup Entertainment after Warner Bros. abandoned it,…
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